F-type star · yellow-white star
Kepler-1496
6182 K
temperature
1.27 R☉
radius
1.18 M☉
mass
2.014 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 4,265 ly away
At light speed, about 4,265 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.07×
as hot as the Sun
1.27×
the Sun's width
1.18×
the Sun's mass
2.01×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 14.8To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1496's temperature, not a photograph.